Sunday, 5 March 2023

Lavaloid

Oh no! I'd already set a Double Choco for today's GAPP, but I tripped in a hurry and all of the numbers fell off! But worry not, I'll just add a variant and it should be unique (emoji) :umbreoncheer:

Today's GAPP is a Double Choco (Different Neighbors). This one is a bit spicy 🌶️, so do check out the GAPP 101 if you feel stuck. Here are the rules:

Divide the grid into regions of orthogonally connected cells, each containing a connected group of white cells and a connected group of gray cells, with the property that the shape of the white cells is identical to the shape of the gray cells, allowing rotations and reflections. Clued cells must belong to a region containing the indicated number of white cells and the indicated number of gray cells.

In addition, adjacent regions must have different sizes.

Here's the link to the example puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/2o3cgktq

For a Speedy Sloth 🦥 , finish in 5:00 or less
For a Quick Crab 🦀 , finish in 11:00 or less
Finish with anytime at all for an Clumsy Caatinga Chacolote 🐦 !

Here's the link to the main puzzle: https://tinyurl.com/2l3vygpy

GAPP 101: Adjacency rule can be applied even if you only have one color! For example, if you have a complete region with size 1 adjacent to a gray cell, then that gray cell must be part of a region with size at least 2. You can mark region sizes using the Sudoku mode to spot this kind of logic better.